Turning A House Into Our House V1

Fortunately it was P to the rescue.

Rather than continuously trying to model and redesign the existing plans he drew up the building envelope which allowed sufficient space down the back to fit his shed in and space down the side of the block for the driveway.  We also had to allow an adjustment at the back so the cars had a space in which they could turn into the garage.

In addition to that we also got some suggestions from friends including one very helpful one that was - the front door does not have to be at the front!

So P did up the first mud map of the house within the building envelope and came up with this design.  Which I then drew up to scale on the computer.

 

Successful First Draft Plan

The inspiration for the kitchen was this one.

This one met all the basic requirements - size was in budget, fitted in the building envelope and it met several key requirements:

• Separate kids area that they could access without going through the whole house.
• Great open plan living with a good size kitchen.
• Study / guest combined with access to the ensuite
• Deck / alfresco.
• Great size kitchen (and laundry).
• Powder room accessible without going through bedroom areas.
• Separation of kids area and adult areas.

But you know how it is it just wasn't quite right.  We got some good suggestions from friends and family including:

• Create a sound barrier between the kids and parents area by putting the pantry in between the kitchen and activity room.
• Remodel the study / parents area to make better use of the view out the back of the house.
• Create a privacy to the door into the powder room.

So we went away and had another think.